Edward C. Callaway
Mr. Callaway was elected as a director in October 2003. Since 2003, Mr. Callaway has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Callaway Gardens Resort, Inc. and the Ida Cason Callaway Foundation, a nonprofit organization that owns the Callaway Gardens Resort and has an environmental mission of conservation, education and land stewardship. Mr. Callaway has served in various capacities at Crested Butte Mountain Resort and successor companies, including the capacities of President and Chief Executive Officer (1987 to 2003) and Chairman (2003), and currently serves as a director. Previously, Mr. Callaway was a certified public accountant at a national accounting firm. Mr. Callaway serves on the boards of two other nonprofit organizations. Mr. Callaway's extensive executive experience in the hospitality industry provides the Board with valuable insight into matters ranging from sales and marketing to customer service. His background also provides substantial financial expertise as well as a focus on environmental sustainability.
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Carl I. Gable
Mr. Gable was elected as a director in March 1984. He practiced business, securities and international law for 26 years, most recently with the Atlanta-based law firm of Troutman Sanders LLP from 1996 until his retirement in 1998. Mr. Gable now is a private investor. His prior experience includes service as the Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Intermet Corporation, which was a publicly traded company, and as President and Chief Financial Officer of Interface from March 1984 to June 1985. Mr. Gable served as a director of Fidelity Southern Corporation from July 2000 to November 2002, and currently serves on the boards of two nonprofit organizations. Mr. Gable also currently serves as the Lead Independent Director of the Board. Mr. Gable brings to the Board substantial expertise and executive level experience in matters such as strategic planning, corporate finance and accounting, capital markets, risk management, corporate governance and international business. He has an extensive knowledge of the Company's business, and his tenure also provides consistent leadership to the Board.
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Daniel T. Hendrix
Mr. Hendrix joined the Company in 1983 after having worked previously for a national accounting firm. He was promoted to Treasurer of the Company in 1984, Chief Financial Officer in 1985, Vice President-Finance in 1986, Senior Vice President-Finance in 1995, Executive Vice President in 2000, and President and Chief Executive Officer in July 2001. He was elected to the Board in October 1996, and was elected Chairman of the Board in October 2011. Mr. Hendrix served as a director of Global Imaging Systems, Inc. from 2003 to 2007, and has served as a director of American Woodmark Corp. since May 2005. With his 26 years of service at the Company, Mr. Hendrix brings to the Board a unique understanding of our strategies and operations. His experience extends to virtually all aspects of the Company's business, but with a particular emphasis on strategic planning and financial matters. His tenure provides consistent leadership to the Board, and facilitates the interrelationship between the Board and the Company's executive leadership team.
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Dr. June M. Henton
Dr. Henton was elected as a director in February 1995. Since 1985, Dr. Henton has served as Dean of the College of Human Sciences at Auburn University, which includes an Interior Design program. Dr. Henton also serves on the board of one nonprofit organization. Dr. Henton, who received her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, has provided leadership for a wide variety of professional, policy and civic organizations and brings to the Board substantial academic experience in the field of interior environments. As a charter member of the Operating Board of the National Textile Center, Dr. Henton also has significant expertise in the integration of academic and research programs within our industry.
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Christopher G. Kennedy
Mr. Kennedy was elected as a director in May 2000. He was the President of MMPI (Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc., a subsidiary of Vornado Realty Trust based in Chicago, Illinois) from 2000 to 2011. Since 1994, he has served on the Board of Trustees of Ariel Mutual Funds. Since 2009, Mr. Kennedy has served on the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (and currently is Chairman). Mr. Kennedy also serves on the boards of one nonprofit organization and two charitable foundations. Mr. Kennedy brings to the Board substantial executive level experience that is particularly beneficial to our strategies and sales and marketing efforts in the corporate office and retail market segments. His insight into governmental and economic affairs and his civic involvement also are of great value to the Board.
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K. David Kohler
Mr. Kohler was elected as a director in October 2006. Since April 2009, he has served as the President and Chief Operating Officer for Kohler Co., a global leader in the manufacture of kitchen and bath products, interior furnishings, engines and power generation systems, and an owner and operator of golf and resort destinations. His previous positions at Kohler include Executive Vice President (2007 to 2009) and Group President of the Kitchen and Bath Group (1999 to 2007). Mr. Kohler was formerly a chairman of the National Kitchen and Bath Association's Board of Governors of Manufacturing. He has served as a member of the board of Kohler Co. since 1999, and also is a director of Internacional de Cerámica, S.A.B. de C.V., a public company traded on the Mexican Stock Market. Mr. Kohler brings to the Board extensive business experience from his service in executive positions at a manufacturing company with international operations and distribution into both commercial and consumer channels.
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James B. Miller, Jr.
Mr. Miller was elected as a director in May 2000. Since 1979, Mr. Miller has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Southern Corporation, the holding company for Fidelity Bank. He also has served in various capacities at Fidelity Southern Corporation's affiliated companies, including as Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank from 1977 to 1997 and from 2003 to the present, Chairman of Fidelity Bank from 1998 to the present, Chairman of Fidelity Bank National Capital Markets, Inc. from 1992 to 2005, and Chairman of LionMark Insurance Company since 2004. Prior to his banking experience, Mr. Miller practiced law. Mr. Miller has served on the board of American Software, Inc. since 2002, and currently serves on the boards of four private companies and seven nonprofit organizations. Mr. Miller brings to the Board extensive executive level experience at a publicly traded company, particularly in the areas of banking, capital markets, corporate finance and accounting.
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Harold M. Paisner
Mr. Paisner was elected as a director in February 2007. Mr. Paisner is Senior Partner of the international law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner, LLP headquartered in London, England. He currently is a member of the board of Puma High Income VCT plc, which is a fund that is publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange. Formerly, Mr. Paisner has served as a director of FIBI Bank (UK) plc, Think London (the official inward investment agency for London, England), LINPAC Group Limited and Estates & Agency Holdings plc. He serves as a Governor of Ben Gurion University of the Negev and as the Chairman of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research. Mr. Paisner brings to the Board the experience of leading a major law firm based in the United Kingdom, where a substantial portion of our European business is located. He has served as an advisor on corporate finance matters and mergers and acquisitions for large multinational clients, particularly in the manufacturing, retail and insurance sectors.
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Dianne Dillon-Ridgley
Ms. Dillon-Ridgley was elected to the Board in February 1997. Ms. Dillon-Ridgley has served as the U.N. Headquarters representative for the Center for International Environmental Law since 2005 and for the World YWCA from 1997 to 2004. She is the founding chair-emeritus of Plains Justice, a nonprofit organization that promotes sustainable economy through community partnerships across the Great Plains. She was appointed by President Clinton to the President's Council on Sustainable Development in 1994 and served as Co-Chair of the Council's International and Population/Consumption Task Forces until the Council's dissolution in June 1999. Ms. Dillon-Ridgley also serves on the boards of seven nonprofit organizations and on the Dean's Advisory Board for Auburn University's College of Human Sciences. Ms. Dillon-Ridgley brings leadership and diversity to the Board, particularly in the areas of sustainability and in relations with nongovernmental and nonprofit organizations as well as with minority-owned and women-owned business enterprises.
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